East India Company

Q.

Who commanded the ‘Hector’, the first British trading ship to land at Surat?

1. Paul Canning

2. William Hawkins

3. Thomas Roe

4. James Lancaster

Q. Who was the last of the powerful Mughal rulers?

1. Shah Jahan
2. Babur
3. Aurangzeb
4. Akbar the Great

Q. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?

1. Shah Jahan
2. Bahadur Shah Zafar
3. Aurangzeb
4. Jahangir

Q. Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India in 1598.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which among the following statements is/are correct about the residents appointed to Indian states by the East India Company?

1. Residents were political/commercial agents of company.
2. Residents used to involve themselves in the day-to-day governance of company.
3. Residents started to interfere in matters of succession in princely states.
4. All the above

Q. In which year did the British conquer Sindh?

1. 1843
2. 1875
3. 1820
4. 1815

Q. In the year ____, the East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East.

1. 1600 CE
2. 1603 CE
3. 1621 CE
4. 1632 CE

Q. Name the Portuguese explorer who first discovered sea route to India.

1. Warren Hastings
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Robert Clive
4. Vasco Da Gama

Q. The first ship from the East India Company to reach the Indian shore was called 'Hector'.

1. True
2. False

Q. What did the mercantile companies in India do to establish their upper hand in trade?

1. Blockaded the sea routes.
2. Sank the ships of other European traders.
3. Prevented rival ships from moving with supplies of goods.
4. All of the above.